topic Re: Viewing shapefiles in ArcGIS Pro without creating a map in ArcGIS Pro Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/viewing-shapefiles-in-arcgis-pro-without-creating/m-p/107622#M4365 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It is not only opening projects without having to create a folder or to asking to save a project... it is on the <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.esri.com/ideas/9992-open-arcgis-pro-without-having-to-save">under consideration list</A></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Mar 2017 23:45:13 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2017-03-28T23:45:13Z Viewing shapefiles in ArcGIS Pro without creating a map https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/viewing-shapefiles-in-arcgis-pro-without-creating/m-p/107620#M4363 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I do a lot of Python scripting with GIS and my primary use for the ArcGIS application is to view shapefiles that I've generated with my scripts. With ArcMap, doing this is very straightforward -- I can just open the application and add shapefiles immediately to the blank default map. With ArcGIS Pro, however, it seems like you have to create a new map each time you open the application before you can interact with shapefiles, and it takes a while for the new map to be created. Is it possible to bypass this step of creating a map in ArcGIS Pro?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:34:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/viewing-shapefiles-in-arcgis-pro-without-creating/m-p/107620#M4363 ColinStewart1 2017-03-28T21:34:16Z Re: Viewing shapefiles in ArcGIS Pro without creating a map https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/viewing-shapefiles-in-arcgis-pro-without-creating/m-p/107621#M4364 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I don't think you are going to get around the requirement to have at least one map to insert your shape files into after launching the application.</P><P></P><P>What you could do is create a project that has a blank map where you have removed even the basemap.&nbsp; Then, create a shortcut somewhere that launches ArcGIS Pro directly to that project.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Mar 2017 22:00:24 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/viewing-shapefiles-in-arcgis-pro-without-creating/m-p/107621#M4364 JoshuaBixby 2017-03-28T22:00:24Z Re: Viewing shapefiles in ArcGIS Pro without creating a map https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/viewing-shapefiles-in-arcgis-pro-without-creating/m-p/107622#M4365 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It is not only opening projects without having to create a folder or to asking to save a project... it is on the <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.esri.com/ideas/9992-open-arcgis-pro-without-having-to-save">under consideration list</A></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Mar 2017 23:45:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/viewing-shapefiles-in-arcgis-pro-without-creating/m-p/107622#M4365 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-03-28T23:45:13Z Re: Viewing shapefiles in ArcGIS Pro without creating a map https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/viewing-shapefiles-in-arcgis-pro-without-creating/m-p/107623#M4366 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks, glad I'm not the only person who's bothered by this!</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 00:10:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/viewing-shapefiles-in-arcgis-pro-without-creating/m-p/107623#M4366 ColinStewart1 2017-03-29T00:10:56Z Re: Viewing shapefiles in ArcGIS Pro without creating a map https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/viewing-shapefiles-in-arcgis-pro-without-creating/m-p/107624#M4367 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks, looks like this is the only workaround for now.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 00:11:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/viewing-shapefiles-in-arcgis-pro-without-creating/m-p/107624#M4367 ColinStewart1 2017-03-29T00:11:38Z